Sanitation shifts to 4-day schedule Jan. 17-21 due to MLK Jr. Day

City offices closed Jan. 17 in observance of MLK Jr. Day; no recycling Jan. 15

ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. (Jan. 11, 2022) — The City of Arkansas City will shift to a four-day sanitation schedule next week due to the closure of all City offices Jan. 17 in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

The Cowley County Landfill and the F Street Limb Disposal and Compost Site in Arkansas City also will be closed Jan. 17.

The joint Arkansas City/Winfield Recycling Operations Center in Strother Field will be closed Jan. 15 to observe the holiday. Thus, recycling services only will be offered on Jan. 14.

(The joint recycling center will reopen for drop-offs from 8 a.m. to noon on Jan. 21 and Jan. 22.)

All of Monday’s and part of Tuesday’s routes will be collected Jan. 18. The part of Tuesday’s route to be collected is from Madison Avenue south to the Mill Canal, and from Summit Street east to E Street and southeast through Sleeth Addition. (Please see accompanying map for full detail of pickup areas.)

The rest of Tuesday’s route and Wednesday’s entire route will be collected Jan. 19. Thursday’s and Friday’s routes will be unaffected by this holiday disruption.

All refuse should be placed at normal pickup locations by 6 a.m. on the scheduled day of pickup. There will be no return pickups.